Sometimes people say to you that you should try to be in a bigger film, but it's the way it pans out.

You should be careful what you wish for, as the reasons for war get confused. One person can be very clear in their motives, but others can have different agendas.

The success of the film is down to the crew.

Method acting is a label I don't really understand, because there's a method to everybody's acting.

I just love jumping into someone else's life. It is a relatively cheap way to experience things you would be too scared to contemplate in your own life.

In terms of jumping into a characters skin, I try to immerse myself in the role as much as possible to bring me closer to them. All I do is whats required to achieve what I want to achieve.

You're making a movie, not a documentary. If you made a film like the historians would like you to make, you're not going to go and see it. I'd rather see paint dry.

Being a salesman and an actor were not that dissimilar: It is a good lesson in covering up your feelings. No one wants to buy from someone who looks depressed.

I tend to do golf charity things because it's much safer and you don't get much chance of a broken arm or leg.

Sometimes you just can't walk away from films you're offered, like the Dylan Thomas thing.

I try and do films I know I'm going to enjoy watching as well as being in.

Whether you choose to move on from your struggles and enjoy life or waddle in your misery, life will continue.

By no longer relying on approval from others for (false) reassurance or acceptance, you access a Divine channel of freedom.

My dad taught me never to be afraid of what's on the other side of the mountain.

Willem tsk-tsks. "You Americans are so violent. I'm Dutch. The worst I will do is run her over with a bicycle.

An idle head is a boxe for the winde.

The condition-of-England question is a practical one. The condition of England demands a hero, not a poet.

We cannot continue to see the Middle East in the context of 9/11. We must see it in the context of 2011.

Lazy people can't practice Ashtanga Yoga

I think when you're trying to produce a relationship on screen that doesn't actually exist, perhaps sometimes there's a temptation to look at each other more, to touch each other more...

The only good thing ever done by a committee was the King James version.